In Sopron two medieval synagogues can be visited dating back to the 14th century.
The church of Sant'Anna is another medieval former synagogue.
Recently, the medieval synagogue has been discovered beneath newer buildings, and has been restored (in 2009).
Although it was declared an antiquity in 1986, the condition of the medieval synagogue had deteriorated further by 2005.
This medieval synagogue was changed into a church in 1380.
It is also the oldest surviving medieval synagogue of twin nave design.
A nearby medieval synagogue maintains traces of its original ninth-century polychrome decoration.
These include the intact shells of two medieval synagogues, one of them identified only in the 1950's.
Under the square archaeologists found, in 1995, the foundation walls of one of Europe's biggest medieval synagogues and exposed them.
It is a picturesque and modest square where a medieval synagogue was burned in 1421, along with the Jews inside it.